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- Turkish ruling AKP submits 301 proposal to parliament
- Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble | EuropeNews
- Turkey’s Judicial Coup D’etat | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
- Turkish Cypriots say they will continue on the road to peace despite provocations
- Germany's Turkish minority | Two unamalgamated worlds | Economist.com
- Turkey plans to mandate president on 301 lawsuits
- BUYUKANIT WARNS AGAINST ISLAMISM AND KURDISH SEPARATISM, ATTACKS EU OVER POLICIES ON ESDP AND PKK - Eurasia Daily Monitor
- Erdogan Drains Power From Ataturk's Ankara, Heart of Secularism
- Turkey to Ease Free Speech Curbs to Advance EU Bid
- Culture center to meet EU standards - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Zeyno Baran: "Even if Armenia recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh, none of the countries, including its ally Russia, will support i
- Traffic blocked on major roads in both sides of Istanbul - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Kurdish War: Keeping the PKK Bought
- New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Foreigners eye 5-star retirement - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Gül to wear 'Atatürk Armor' - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Turkey’s ruling party to set out court case strategy Monday
- Operation salvaging Turkey - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- Will EU be back on Turkey's agenda? - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008
- FM confers with UN official
- 73,000 foreigners 'own Turkish property'
- The Armenian Question Answered
- EU reforms list handed to Turkish prime minister : Middle East World
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"Turkish ruling AKP submits 301 proposal to parliament The Turkish government is planning to give the mandate over implementation of the controversial Article 301 of the Penal Code to the President, a spokesman said. CNN Turk reported the ruling party AKP submitted its proposal to the parliament." More: Turkish ruling AKP submits 301 proposal to parliament  "Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble BBC News April 04 2008 Turkey's attempt to enter the EU is now being called Europe's 'biggest project'. But new doubts have emerged that it will ever happen. Uniting Turkey, a large mainly Muslim nation, with the European Union is Europe's biggest peace project since World War II, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan says. But he complains that some EU countries are holding Turkey back out of political ill-will." More: Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble | EuropeNews  "Turkey’s Judicial Coup D’etat This battle could last for months longer, and whether the AKP wins or loses, the consequences are bad. By Morton Abramowitz and Henri J. Barkey | NEWSWEEK Turkey is at war with itself again, over religion and politics in Turkish life, and the consequences for both itself and its friends could be devastating. Last month, the nation's chief prosecutor prepared an indictment of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for allegedly violating the Constitution's principle of secularism. The indictment, triggered by the AKP's decision to remove constitutional provisions prohibiting wearing headscarves in universities, seeks literally to abolish the party. It also demands that 71 AKP officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, be banned from politics for five years." More: Turkey’s Judicial Coup D’etat | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com  "Turkish Cypriots say they will continue on the road to peace despite provocations The new Anatolian / Nicosia 07 April 2008 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said Monday Greek Cypriot statements made about the two-hour crisis at Lokmaci crossing seem to encourage the resumption of a war of accusations but said the Turkish Cypriots will continue to work with Turkey to find an early solution on the island." More: The New Anatolian  "Two unamalgamated worlds Apr 3rd 2008 | BERLIN From The Economist print edition Germany's Turks do not properly belong. But what is it that they should belong to? AP HE DID not plan it that way. But when Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, arrived in Germany for an official visit in February he found the Turkish community in turmoil. A few days before his arrival nine Turks, five of them children, had died in a fire in the south-western city of Ludwigshafen. A hate crime, many Turks suspected. The month before, Roland Koch, the conservative premier of the state of Hesse, had tried to win re-election by promising to deport foreign criminals (two-thirds of Turks do not have German citizenship). The transparent appeal to xenophobia backfired, costing Mr Koch his majority and perhaps his job." More: Germany's Turkish minority | Two unamalgamated worlds | Economist.com  "Turkey plans to mandate president on 301 lawsuits The Turkish government is planning to give the mandate over implementation of the controversial Article 301 of the Penal Code to the President and the proposal for the amendment of the article could be submitted to the Parliament on Monday, a spokesman said." More: Turkey plans to mandate president on 301 lawsuits  "BUYUKANIT WARNS AGAINST ISLAMISM AND KURDISH SEPARATISM, ATTACKS EU OVER POLICIES ON ESDP AND PKK By Gareth Jenkins Monday, April 7, 2008 General Yasar Buyukanit, the chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS), has publicly warned that Turkey remains under threat from Islamism and Kurdish separatism, while attacking the EU over the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) and individual member states for their alleged support of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)." More: BUYUKANIT WARNS AGAINST ISLAMISM AND KURDISH SEPARATISM, ATTACKS EU OVER POLICIES ON ESDP AND PKK - Eurasia Daily Monitor  "Erdogan Drains Power From Ataturk's Ankara, Heart of Secularism By Steve Bryant April 7 (Bloomberg) -- For almost eight decades, Turkish monetary policy has been decided in a gray concrete office complex in central Ankara, steps from where Mustafa Kemal Ataturk first proclaimed the country a secular republic." More: Bloomberg.com: Africa  "Turkey to Ease Free Speech Curbs to Advance EU Bid By Mark Bentley April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's government will ask parliament to change the penal code to ease curbs on freedom of speech, as the nation seeks European Union membership." More: Bloomberg.com: Europe  "Culture center to meet EU standards Monday, April 7, 2008 In the southeastern city of Diyarbakır, which is known as the city of civilizations, an area that served as the Agricultural Combat Research Institute in the past will be turned into a big culture center." More: Culture center to meet EU standards - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Zeyno Baran: 'Even if Armenia recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh, none of the countries, including its ally Russia, will support it' 07 April 2008 [13:07] - Today.Az Day.Az interview with Zeyno Baran, head of the programs on Eurasian policy of Hadson Institute (the United States). -What is a purpose of your current visit to Azerbaijan? -I want to hold a number of meetings to discuss issues, regarding energy and some regional problems here." More: Today.Az - Zeyno Baran: "Even if Armenia recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh, none of the countries, including its ally Russia, will support it"  "Traffic blocked on major roads in both sides of Istanbul Monday, April 7, 2008 Two major arteries in the Taksim and Kadıköy districts of Istanbul were blocked to traffic yesterday because of two separate demonstrations, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday." More: Traffic blocked on major roads in both sides of Istanbul - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Keeping the PKK Bought April 7, 2008: The Turkish government is arguing that a recent European Court of Justice ruling that it was illegal for the EU to declare the PKK a terrorists organization does not mean that the PKK is not a terrorist organization." More: Kurdish War: Keeping the PKK Bought  "New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets Monday, April 7, 2008 ISTANBUL â€" Anatolia News Agency Taking a walk with the dog by the seaside or playing backgammon on the streets will result in a fine of YTL 125 in the Mediterranean region's Alanya district, according to a recent municipal patrol regulation, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday." More: New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Foreigners eye 5-star retirement Monday, April 7, 2008 Some private rest homes in Turkey for the elderly resemble five-star hotels with their saunas and cinema halls. While the number of such homes has increased eight-fold within the last five years, foreign investors have begun conducting market research in Turkey" More: Foreigners eye 5-star retirement - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Gül to wear 'Atatürk Armor' Monday, April 7, 2008 The AKP’s democracy package will include a life buoy for President Abdullah Gül, who is included in the list of people that face a ban on practicing politics prepared by the chief prosecutor" More: Gül to wear 'Atatürk Armor' - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets Monday, April 7, 2008 ISTANBUL â€" Anatolia News Agency Taking a walk with the dog by the seaside or playing backgammon on the streets will result in a fine of YTL 125 in the Mediterranean region's Alanya district, according to a recent municipal patrol regulation, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday." More: New regulation bans playing backgammon on streets - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Turkey’s ruling party to set out court case strategy Monday Chief prosecutor Abdurraman Yalcinkaya has called for the AKP to be closed and 70 of its leading members banned from political activity." More: Turkey’s ruling party to set out court case strategy Monday  "Operation salvaging Turkey Monday, April 7, 2008 Yusuf KANLI Put aside scores of other relatively less important issues, we may say that there are two prominent political problems of Turkey: Political Islam and separatism, or if we talk with the language of the famous White Book � the so-called secret constitution that outlines main political goals as well as the threat perception of the country � the fundamentalist threat and ethnic Kurdish separatist threat. These two prominent �threats� the country faces compete for first rank. Sometimes fundamentalism, sometimes separatist terrorism becomes the most pressing headache of the country." More: Operation salvaging Turkey - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "Will EU be back on Turkey's agenda? Monday, April 7, 2008 Sylvia TÄ°RYAKÄ° Yet from more and more commentators and experts on European affairs we hear that the European Union has become a non-issue in Turkey. Is it a bluff or reality?Progress made in the minority rights' field, concretely through the Parliament signing in February a law on the properties of the Jewish and Christian religious minorities foundations, has had a positive feedback in the EU." More: Will EU be back on Turkey's agenda? - Turkish Daily News Apr 07, 2008  "FM confers with UN official Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis on Monday conferred here with visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe over developments on the Cyprus issue, and specifically, on a March 21 agreement between Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat." More: FM confers with UN official "73,000 foreigners 'own Turkish property' About 73,000 foreign nationals now own a property in Turkey, according to a media outlet. A report in Today's Zaman outlined the extent of the foreign interest in the Turkish housing market and found that the country is attracting considerable interest from overseas." More: Retire to the Sun : 73,000 foreigners 'own Turkish property' "The Armenian Question Answered An Overview WWI hostilities involving the Ottoman Empire ended with the Armistice of Mudros, signed Oct. 30, 1918. The Armistice guaranteed the Ottoman Empire all lands it possessed when the Armistice was signed. The Armistice also required the Ottoman military and citizens to disarm immediately. As Ottomans disarmed, in breach of the Armistice, British military forces pushed north and conquered Mosul and Kirkuk, lands the Ottomans possessed when the Armistice was signed. Why? Oil." More: PoliGazette » The Armenian Question Answered |
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